Mr Joel Buyinza

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

PhD Student

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences

Joel is a PhD student in the Faculty of Sciences based at Waite Campus in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine. His areas of interest are Agroforestry and Natural Resource Management with a focus on understanding tree-crop interactions and water use relations in small holder farming systems. He is also developing interests in conducting interdisciplinary Research studies that integrate social and biophysical knowledge.

Joel holds a Master of Science in Agroforestry and a BSc. Forestry degree from Makerere University of Uganda in East Africa. He is a Research Officer (Agroforestry Scientist) with the National Forestry Resources Research Institute (NaFORRI) of the National Agricultural Organization (NARO) in Uganda. In 2017, he was awarded a John Allwright Fellowship to undertake his PhD Science study at the University of Adelaide.

Joel's Higher Degree by Research project focuses on assessing the impact of incorporating key agroforestry species with agricultural crops on soil water and crop productivity among smallholder farmers, using an interdisciplinary approach to research. This is part of a bigger project, "Trees for Food Security- 2" funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), being implemented in Uganda, Ethiopia and Rwanda.

Principle Investigator, Calliandra calothyrsus seed Value chain Project. A Competitive Grants Scheme (CGS) Project under the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO). This project is implemented by the National Forestry Resources Research Institute (NaFORRI) in Uganda.